Trump proposes cutting ACA enrollment period, ending ‘Dreamer’ coverage

The Trump administration is proposing to shorten ObamaCare's annual open enrollment period by a month, a move the administration said is aimed at helping consumers pick the right plan.

According to a proposed rule released Monday, open enrollment would run from Nov. 1 through Dec. 15, instead of through Jan. 15.

"This proposal aims to reduce consumer confusion, streamline the enrollment process, align more closely with open enrollment dates for many employer...

How Medicaid cuts could improve access to care 

The news is awash with dire predictions of whether or whe Trump or DOGE will cull the Medicaid rolls. 

“Millions could lose health insurance,” warns Newsweek. “Medicaid on the chopping block,” is the CBS News headline. 

Florida, meanwhile, has already cut more than 1 million from its Medicaid rolls.  

It is noteworthy that these publications accurately report that health insurance was or will be cut, not health care. Journalists...

Progressive group sounds alarm on Medicaid cuts

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Obamacare back at the Supreme Court

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Democrats kick off fight to protect ObamaCare subsidies in new Congress

Democrats in the House and Senate reintroduced legislation Thursday to permanently extend enhanced subsidies to help people afford insurance premiums on ObamaCare plans. 

Led by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), along with Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), the legislation launches the next major ObamaCare fight that could last the rest of this year. 

Democrats for years have argued the coverage gains from the enhanced subsidie...

Biden administration achieves fourth record-breaking ACA enrollment ahead of exit

The Biden administration has achieved a fourth consecutive record year in HealthCare.gov Marketplace enrollment, one week before the final sign-up deadline and its imminent exit from office.

Nearly 24 million people signed up for Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans for 2025, according to White House domestic policy adviser Neera Tanden, exceeding the 21.3 million people who signed up last year.

The past four years of record-breaking enrollment have been credited to...

ACA enrollment marks another record year

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Biden makes push to extend Obamacare subsidies after gloomy CBO report

President Biden called on Congress to extend the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, tax credits on Friday after a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report highlighted national healthcare disparities.

“A new report from the Congressional Budget Office underscores just how critical the legislation to bring down health care costs, enacted under my Administration, have been,” Biden said in the statement. 

“Millions of Americans are benefiting from expanded pr...

Millions will lose health coverage if ACA subsidies expire: CBO

A new report released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that if the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) extended subsidies are allowed to expire at the end of 2025, millions of people will become uninsured and premiums will rise.

Responding to the Senate Finance Committee, the CBO found that "not extending the credit will increase the number of people without health insurance and raise the average gross benchmark premiums for plans purchased through the marketplaces."

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